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- Year 2
Exploring and performing 'Say How You Feel' by Joseph Coelho
I can perform a poem about emotions.
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- Year 2
Exploring and performing 'Say How You Feel' by Joseph Coelho
I can perform a poem about emotions.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- ‘Say How You Feel’ is a poem that explores different emotions.
- Each verse describes a different emotion using vivid imagery, metaphors and similes.
- Joseph Coelho performs the poem using the voice of each emotion.
- We can vary our voice to show different emotions.
- Using facial expressions and gestures can help to add meaning to our performances.
Keywords
Emotions - strong feelings - like love, or anger
Imagery - the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener
Metaphor - a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else
Simile - a poetic device that compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Common misconception
Pupils may try to vary their voice so much that it makes them difficult to hear e.g. speaking too quickly or too quietly.
Explain to the pupils that while we are trying to convey emotions through our voice, we also need to maintain a loud enough and clear enough volume for the audience to hear us. Model doing this well and not so well.
To help you plan your year 2 English lesson on: Exploring and performing 'Say How You Feel' by Joseph Coelho, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 English lesson on: Exploring and performing 'Say How You Feel' by Joseph Coelho, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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